Taran Plateau (Bulgarian: Търънско плато, ‘Taransko Plato’ \t&-'r&n-sko 'pla-to\) is the ice-covered plateau of elevation 1100 to 1700 m[1] on the east side of Harvey Heights in Stribog Mountains on Brabant Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. It extends 5.5 km in east-west direction and 3.3 km in north-south direction, and is bounded by Laënnec Glacier on the north, Svetovrachene Glacier on the east and south, and the head of Malpighi Glacier on the southwest. The feature is connected to Avroleva Heights to the east by Doriones Saddle, and has its southwest part abutted by Basarbovo Ridge. It has steep and partly ice-free north slopes and small parts of the southeast and southwest slopes.

Location of Brabant Island in the Antarctic Peninsula region.

The plateau is named after the settlement of Taran in Southern Bulgaria.

Location

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Taran Plateau is centred at 64°14′00″S 62°15′00″W / 64.23333°S 62.25000°W / -64.23333; -62.25000. British mapping in 1980 and 2008.

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Notes

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  1. ^ Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica. Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019

References

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Brabant Island seen from northeast, with Anvers Island (on the right) and Antarctic Peninsula in the background; the highest part of Stribog Mountains in the central part of the island includes Mount Parry and Harvey Heights.

This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.